diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 59988cc63..6dfbe39d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This file is generated by tools/dmake, do not edit.
 
 ifndef CXXFLAGS
-    CXXFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wfloat-equal -Wcast-qual -Wsign-conversion -g
+    CXXFLAGS=-DHAVE_DEPENDENCIES -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wfloat-equal -Wcast-qual -Wsign-conversion -g
 endif
 
 ifndef CXX
diff --git a/cli/cli.pro b/cli/cli.pro
index e04e4e158..2195098de 100644
--- a/cli/cli.pro
+++ b/cli/cli.pro
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH += . ../lib
 OBJECTS_DIR = temp
 CONFIG += warn_on
 CONFIG -= qt app_bundle
+DEFINES += HAVE_DEPENDENCIES
 
 BASEPATH = ../externals/tinyxml/
 include($$PWD/../externals/tinyxml/tinyxml.pri)
diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index d89329e76..d8f61bab5 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
 #include "path.h"
 #include "filelister.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_DEPENDENCIES
 // xml is used in rules
 #include <tinyxml.h>
+#endif
 
 static void AddFilesToList(const std::string& FileList, std::vector<std::string>& PathNames)
 {
@@ -503,6 +505,7 @@ bool CmdLineParser::ParseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
                 _settings->_showtime = SHOWTIME_NONE;
         }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_DEPENDENCIES
         // Rule given at command line
         else if (strncmp(argv[i], "--rule=", 7) == 0)
         {
@@ -549,6 +552,7 @@ bool CmdLineParser::ParseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
                 }
             }
         }
+#endif
 
         // Print help
         else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-h") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "--help") == 0)
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 7530498a7..9f3d81320 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include "timer.h"
 
-#ifndef __BORLANDC__
+#ifdef HAVE_DEPENDENCIES
 #define PCRE_STATIC
 #include <pcre.h>
 #endif
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string &code, const char FileName[])
         (*it)->runSimplifiedChecks(&_tokenizer, &_settings, this);
     }
 
-#ifndef __BORLANDC__
+#ifdef HAVE_DEPENDENCIES
     // Are there extra rules?
     if (!_settings.rules.empty())
     {
diff --git a/tools/dmake.cpp b/tools/dmake.cpp
index ea7cdcb34..88aa47159 100644
--- a/tools/dmake.cpp
+++ b/tools/dmake.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     // Makefile settings..
     if (release)
     {
-        makeConditionalVariable(fout, "CXXFLAGS", "-O2 -DNDEBUG -Wall");
+        makeConditionalVariable(fout, "CXXFLAGS", "-O2 -DNDEBUG -DHAVE_DEPENDENCIES -Wall");
     }
     else
     {
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         // The _GLIBCXX_DEBUG doesn't work in cygwin
         makeConditionalVariable(fout, "CXXFLAGS",
+                                "-DHAVE_DEPENDENCIES "
                                 "-Wall "
                                 "-Wextra "
                                 "-Wshadow "